How Not to Buy Stolen, Looted or Forged Art

  • Check with a stolen art database;
  • Ask about the provenance, then actively check it;
  • Look at the back of works, outside of their frames;
  • Ask about forensic testing;
  • Do not buy any antiquity that may have come from conflict zones, like Syria and Iraq 

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